So today i FINALLY had a little free time so i decided its time to start doin all the body work im dreading. i started today by deciding to get the cracks in the paint out...only to find out there is a ton of body filler behind it, on the door and the bumper. i barely had enough time before class to get both of those spots primed.

in a few days im gunna have all of the dents/dings fixed, and i decided to shave the moldings off, since its only a few small holes. im also thinking about shaving off the lower door trims. anyone else on here do that? im really not sure how its gunna look so im not 100% on that one.

all of next week i have finals so i wont have much time to play around at the shop, but the week after that i plan on doing all of the custom work, like flaired fenders, and a molded trunk lip. and hopefully by the end of this month ill have the whole car finished and painted. i got a special color up my sleve for everyone.

here are some before pics





so do you guys want me to post pics through the whole process...or should i just suprise you when its all done???

 

im glad you have experiance because from the looks of it there is alot of work to be done....surprise us at the end should be funnny

 

wow, you have finals next week? thats crazy, i was all done on april 22nd, so weird.

 

I'd say def keep us posted on progress. I was looking today and thought about shaving the bump strips so I"m interested on how that turns out. IMO keep the lowers and piant them when you spray the car.

 

Yeah, definitely keep the updates coming. Not only for us, since we love seeing the progress, but also because as you're about to start a certain step, someone on here may have a suggestion that will make the job easier or help it gain a better result. By waiting until the end, you may end up cutting out some assistance and suggestions that could ease the job for you.

 

Damn, that car's messed-up. I vote for keeping us updated throughout.

 

looks like you have alot of work ahead of you. Best of luck, and keep us updated if you can.

 

those pics are from a while ago though. i fixed the front end a while ago, but those parts have just been in primer. as of.....the last time it snowed it looked like this



and ive been driving it like that since then.
the trunk is still effed up along with a bunch of dings all over that im gunna try and get done this weekend so hopefully ill have some new pics, it wont be anything crazy yet though.

 

Here's a pic of an Avant with the rub strips shaved:

 

wow yeah i have finals next week too! soo late this year... Id say keep us posted cause i want to shave my bump strips and paint the lowers. Mines silver and just HATE the black lowers and bump strips.

what happened that it got so messed up?